(1) The health of our children is being endangered by exhaust fumes. (2) That one mistake seriously endangered the future of the company. (3) The sea turtle is an endangered species (= it may soon no longer exist) .
endanger [enˈdeɪndʒə] 📢 UK📢 US
vi. 犹豫，踌躇；不愿
vt. 危及；使遭遇危险
vt. 架桥于；弥合（分歧）
vt. 引用；引证；传讯
(1) Buyers use different ruses to wring free credit out of their suppliers... (2) In this way, he hoped to put pressure on the British and thus to wring concessions from them. (3) The Government has got to get a grip. wringing its hands and saying it is a world problem just isn't good enough.
wring [riŋ] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 拧，挤，扭；握紧
vt. 给…提供营养；养育
n. 资料；数据
n. 锲而不舍；持续
(1) the yoke of imperialism (2) A pair of oxen, yoked together, was used. (3) an ox yoked to a plough
yoke [jəuk] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 牛轭；枷锁
adj. 位于…的，坐落在…的
n. 倡议；主动权；主动性；进取心
n. 流动小贩
(1) Planes dropped supplies by parachute. (2) a parachute drop/jump (3) a parachute regiment
parachute [ˈpærəʃu:t] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 创始
n. 瓦（特）
n. （旅馆等的）休息室；候机厅；起居室
n. 降落伞；风散种子
(1) second-hand cars (2) a second-hand bookshop (= for selling second-hand books) (3) second-hand opinions
second-hand
📢 UK📢 US
n. 旧的，第二手的
n. 踏板，脚蹬
n. 同盟国，同盟者；盟友
vt. 突然袭击；压倒；赶上
(1) learning by analogy (2) The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump. (3) There are no analogies with any previous legal cases.
analogy [əˈnælədʒi] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.&vi. 与…作战；奋战
v. 使安静下来
n. 相似，类似；类比；类推
n. 香客，朝圣者
(1) The book is aimed principally at beginners. (2) The sell-off is aimed at repositioning the company as a publisher principally of business information. (3) Embryonic development seems to be controlled principally by a very small number of master genes.
principally [ˈprɪnsəplɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
adv. 精细地；微细地
vt. 使凌乱
adv. 主要地，首要地
adj. 巨大的，庞大的；非常严重的
(1) The rift within the organization reflects the growing bitterness of the dispute. (2) There was a strain of bitterness in his voice. (3) That was the very reason why he felt a certain bitterness.
bitterness [ˈbɪtənɪs] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 苦味；悲痛
adj. 理性的；合理的；理智的
n. 传感器，灵敏元件
vt. 使…变浓稠；变密集
(1) the person with overall responsibility for the project (2) There will be winners in each of three age groups, and one overall winner . (3) an overall improvement in standards of living (= affecting everyone)
overall [ˈəuvərɔ:l] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 工作服；工装裤；罩衣
n. 猎物；伤害的对象
n. 位置；形势，局面
n. 盗窃罪，偷窃
(1) We're up to our ears in work. (2) News of his affair eventually reached her ears. (3) ‘I bumped into your ex-wife last night. ’ ‘I thought I could feel my ears burning! ’
ear [iə] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 耶稣
n. （谷类作物的）穗；耳朵；听觉，听力
n. 壁炉
n. （精力的）恢复；茶点；食物
(1) She continued to assert that she was innocent. (2) She continued to assert her innocence. (3) ‘That is wrong, ’ he asserted.
assert [əˈsə:t] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 舍弃；遗弃；放弃；擅离（职守）
vt. 断言，宣称；维护；坚持
n. 意识；观念；知觉
vt. 击退；使厌恶
(1) She uses her charm to manipulate people. (2) As a politician, he knows how to manipulate public opinion. (3) They managed to manipulate us into agreeing to help.
manipulate [məˈnipjuleit] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 使聚集
adj. 女性的；女子气的；阴性的
adj. 随后的；后来的
vt. 操作；控制；处理
(1) This system is being tried out experimentally at many universities. (2) In my opinion, the curvature was determined experimentally. (3) This machine was introduced experimentally in 1960.
experimentally [ɪksˌperɪˈmentəlɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 保守的，因循守旧的；保守党的
adv. 实验上；实验性地
n. 合成物
n. 官僚主义；官僚制度
(1) Her words impressed themselves on my memory. (2) He impressed on us the need for immediate action. (3) It impressed me that she remembered my name.
impress [imˈpres] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 给…深刻印象；使铭记；使…注意到
n. 金枪鱼
n. 阳极，正极
adj. 微小的；边缘的；（土地）贫瘠的
(1) Good grief! What a mess! (2) Several pedestrians came to grief on the icy pavement. (3) He caused his parents a lot of grief.
grief [ɡri:f] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 磁性；魅力
n. 悲痛，悲伤
n. 蜗牛
n. 管乐器；管道；烟斗
(1) The journey would be dangerous in the extreme. (2) extremes of cold, wind or rain (3) It's embarrassing the extremes he'll go to in order to impress his boss.
extreme [iksˈtri:m] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 极其的；极端的；偏激的；末端的
vt. 假定，假设
adj. 勤劳的，勤奋的
vi. 粘附；遵守；坚持
(1) She exudes sexual magnetism. (2) There was no doubting the animal magnetism of the man... (3) Later, she would describe his magnetism as irresistible.
magnetism [ˈmægnɪˌtɪzəm] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 方便的；有用的；便于使用的；手巧的；手边的
n. 体系，体制；框架，构架
vt. 用肘挤；挤掉；跻身
n. 磁性；魅力
(1) It didn't take much persuasion to get her to tell us where he was. (2) After a little gentle persuasion, he agreed to come. (3) She has great powers of persuasion.
persuasion [pəˈsweiʒən] 📢 UK📢 US
adv. 不可避免地
n. 劝说，说服；信仰
adj. 缺乏的，不足的；有缺陷的
adj. 显微镜的；微小的；一丝不苟的
(1) He pressed his back against the door... (2) They pressed the silver knife into the cake. (3) Drago pressed a button and the door closed...
press [pres] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 熄灭，扑灭；消除
vt.&vi. 溢出，漫出；挤满；洋溢着
adj. 有限的；有尽的；限定的
v. 压，按；用力踩；用力挤压；竭力劝说
(1) I bought the ring as a souvenir of Greece. (2) a souvenir shop (3) ...a souvenir of the summer of 1992.
souvenir [ˈsu:vəniə] 📢 UK📢 US
vi. 撕开，扯开；撕去；穿透
v. 提防；当心
v. 扭，捻；使扭曲；扭动；扭伤
n. 纪念品
(1) the cries of a man in torment (2) She suffered years of mental torment after her son's death. (3) The flies were a terrible torment.
torment [ˈtɔ:ment] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 巨大；重要性；震级
vt. 补偿，赔偿；抵销
vt. 折磨；戏弄
vi. （狗等）嗥叫；咆哮；隆隆作响
(1) Shandong; floods and droughts; control measures; food production; farmland water conservancy; farmers savings; and warehouse. (2) Completion of this Administration Building will provide spaces for Central Office, warehouse, and Canteen facilities. (3) Finally, three main applications of data warehouse are depicted in detail.
warehouse [ˈwɛəhaus] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 营销，推销
vt.&vi. 使断裂；使骨折；使分裂
adj. 几何学的；几何图案的；成几何级数增加的
n. 仓库，货栈
(1) a pathetic and lonely old man (2) The starving children were a pathetic sight. (3) a pathetic excuse
pathetic [pəˈθetik] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 穗，流苏；边缘；刘海
v. 压，按；用力踩；用力挤压；竭力劝说
vt. 用网捕；进（球）
adj. 差劲的；可怜的
(1) The town lies a few kilometres inland. (2) We travelled further inland the next day. (3) inland areas
inland [ˈinlənd] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 达不到的；见不到的；难懂的
vt. 宣布；宣告；播报
n. （核）裂变，分裂；分裂生殖
adj. 内陆的；内地的
(1) He is interested in buying the club as a commercial undertaking. (2) In those days, the trip across country was a dangerous undertaking. (3) a government undertaking to spend more on education
undertaking [ˈʌndəˌteɪkɪŋ] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 缔造；创造，开创；伪造
n. 任务，事业；承诺
adj. 男性的；阳刚的
n. （厨房内的）洗涤槽，洗涤池
(1) fresh, wholesome food (2) It was clean wholesome fun. (3) ...good, wholesome fun.
wholesome [ˈhəulsəm] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 健康的；有益健康的
n. 芭蕾舞；芭蕾舞剧
vt. 废除，废止
adj. 琐碎的；微不足道的
(1) Rabies is a viral disease usually transmitted by a bite from an infected mammal. (2) Blastocystis hominis is a unicellular protozoan commonly found in the intestinal tract of human and mammal. (3) She also refurbished the dry land mammal running most quickly speed record.
mammal [ˈmæməl] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 虔诚的；伪善的
n. 坚固；坚实；坚定
n. 僵硬；生硬；不自然
n. 哺乳动物
(1) limestone is often used in building construction. (2) Cement is made from limestone. (3) The limestone is sufficiently fissured for tree roots to have breached the roof of the cave.
limestone [ˈlaɪmˌstəʊn] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 主题；对象；科目；研究对象
adv. 坦率地
n. 速度，速率
n. 石灰岩
(1) We have a duty to uphold the law. (2) to uphold a conviction/an appeal/a complaint (3) an upholder of traditional values
uphold [ʌpˈhəuld] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 拥护；支持；维持
n. 年少者；三年级学生
adj. 空气中的；航空的
n. 妒忌；小心提防；羡慕
(1) We outlined our proposals to the committee. (2) They saw the huge building outlined against the sky. (3) This is a brief outline of the events.
outline [ˈautlain] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 概念，观念；构想，设想；受孕
vt. 使丢脸；使退化；使降解
vt. 概述，概括；显示…的轮廓
n. 报复，报仇，复仇
(1) The moon exerts a force on the earth that causes the tides. (2) In order to be successful he would have to exert himself. (3) He exerted all his authority to make them accept the plan.
exert [iɡˈzə:t] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 恰当的；有关的；中肯的
vt. 施加（影响、压力等）；运用（权威等）；尽力；努力
n. 法兰绒；毛巾；废话
vt. 拧，挤，扭；握紧
(1) Is the stairway outside the building? (2) The stone stairway was covered with lichen. (3) My next good opportunity for photographs was at the top of a stairway.
stairway [ˈsteəˌweɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 不规则；不整齐
n. 扣件，钮扣，拉链
n. 横轴
n. 楼梯
(1) a steady flow of refugees from the war zone (2) political/economic refugees (3) a refugee camp
refugee [ˌrefjuˈdʒi:] 📢 UK📢 US
adv. 主要地，首要地
vi. 打鼾，打呼噜
vt. 珍爱；怀有
n. 难民，避难者
(1) a tangle of branches (2) Her hair was a mass of tangles. (3) His financial affairs are in a tangle.
tangle [ˈtæŋɡl] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 压力；气压
n. 手册，说明书
vt. 理解，领悟
vt. 使缠结；使缠绕；混乱
(1) to underestimate the cost of the project (2) We underestimated the time it would take to get there. (3) Never underestimate your opponent.
underestimate [ˌʌndərˈestimeit] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 至关重要的；充满活力的
adj. 无数的，数不清的
vt. 低估；轻视
n. 输入；投入物（指信息、资源等）
(1) a six-cylinder engine (2) a gas/oxygen cylinder (3) ...a cylinder of foam...
cylinder [ˈsilində] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 确信；信念；定罪，判罪
vt. 使复苏；使复兴；使苏醒
adj. 不精确的；不准确的
n. 圆筒；圆筒状物；汽缸
(1) a swarm of locusts (2) Old World locust that travels in vast swarms stripping large areas of vegetation. (3) This illustration shows a vertical section through the locust.
locust [ˈləʊkəst] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 微小的；微型的
adj. 内部的；国内的；内心的
n. 蝗虫
n. 工件，工作部件
(1) an annual fixture (2) Saturday's fixture against Liverpool (3) the season's fixture list
fixture [ˈfikstʃə] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 把…压实（或压紧）
n. 黄昏；暮光；衰落时期
v. 用拖把拖；擦拭
n. 固定装置；定期存款；体育活动；常客
(1) She was tall and elegant. (2) an elegant dress (3) an elegant room/restaurant
elegant [ˈeliɡənt] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 温和的；（天气）温暖的；（味道）温和的
n. 快餐；小吃
adj. （人或物）典雅的；简洁的，简练的
n. 声望；普遍，流行
(1) Driving with excess alcohol in the blood is a serious offence. (2) excess food is stored as fat. (3) We need a free press to curb government excesses.